Tag: Detailed Assessment
Legal costs update by Gary Knight
As prepared by Partner and Costs Lawyer Gary Knight for the next edition of Litigation Funding magazine. October 2018 saw a flurry of costs related…
No “good reasons” to depart from budget – Part 2
Whether a reduction in the hourly rates applied to the incurred costs within a bill is a good reason to apply the same reduced rates…
Whether a reduction in the hourly rates applied to the incurred costs within a bill is a good reason to apply the same reduced rates to the ‘budgeted’ costs (i.e. future costs) in the same bill
This question was considered by Master Nagalingam at a detailed assessment hearing which took place on 11 & 12 October 2017 in the case of…
Harman Costs Brief – May 2017
In this issue Costs Lawyer Suzanna Popplewell gives an overview of Proportionality; we look at CFAs and ATE Premiums and also feature a budget preparation…
Proportionality – not just a matter for detailed assessment, Costs Lawyer Suzanna Popplewell discusses
Proportionality is one of the major issues that we find we are dealing with at the end of a matter, particularly in the small to…
Merrix v Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust
The issue of costs budgets continues to occupy court time with The Honourable Mrs Justice Carr DBE the latest, and most senior, judge to give…